Lonk Power
Aug 28, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS Tony Hoyland
PICTURES
Lonk Sheepbreeders Association
According to Walter H. Gastall Hon. Secretary of the Lonk Sheepbreeders Association 1948-1975, the Lonk “is an aristocrat by virtue of origins as ancient as the hills on which it roams.”
History
Indeed, his account of the breed’s history states that it originated from the common sheep Ovis Rusticus and traces back some 10,000 years to Ovis Amman or Argali of central Asia. Bred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Pennines and thriving at 1000 to
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